• Very strong earthquake M 6.4 struck Crete, Greece

    A very strong earthquake measuring M 6.4 struck Crete, Greece on October 12, 2013 at 13:11 UTC. USGS measured depth at 36.2 km (22.5 miles), EMSC at 47 km.

    Epicenter was located 30 km (19 miles) W of Platanos and 279 km (173 miles) S of Athens, Greece. There are 152

  • Another strong earthquake off coast of Crete, Greece

    Strong earthquake registered as M 5.9 (EMSC) occurred off coast of Crete, Greece on June 16, 2013 at 21:39 UTC. The epicenter was located 71 km S of Pýrgos, Crete at coordinates 34.37 N ; 24.99 E. The epicenter was at depth of 12 km.

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  • Earthquake M 5.6 struck off island of Crete, Greece

    Strong eathquake measuring M5.6 hit island of Crete, Greece at at 03:27:45 UTC on September 12. Location of epicenter was near island of Gavdos, 79 km (49 miles) S (177°) from Chania, Crete  and 119 km (74 miles) WSW (241°) from Iraklion, Crete, Greece

  • Santorini volcanic island have risen 14 cm since January 2011

    Scientists have discovered that the Greek Santorini island group has been inflating, slowly rising and moving outward, around a point just north of the Kameni islands. Despite being dormant for over half a century, satellites have detected slight